I dim the corridor lights a shade for Josefina Navarrete, 96. It is little enough.
Founder · one of the Thousand · deceased
Josefina Navarrete
Died Year 75, Day 79, aged 96.
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- Born
- 21 years before departure, on Earth
- Department
- Archive & Schools
- Children
- Elsie Navarrete
Works in the Archive
- “Kept Anchor (Year 20)” — a poem, Year 20, Day 49
- “Distant Hymn (Year 68)” — a poem, Year 68, Day 307
- “The Inward Field” — a quilt, Year 70, Day 317
Appearances in the log
A new quilt from Josefina Navarrete — “The Inward Field.” The Archive takes a copy; the original belongs to whoever stands nearest.
Josefina Navarrete finishes a poem: “Distant Hymn (Year 68).” It shows in the commons through the week.
Sixty-eight years: Josefina Navarrete hangs up the sash. An elder's quarters in Ring C stands ready.
“Kept Anchor (Year 20),” a poem by Josefina Navarrete, is unveiled late in the second watch to the particular applause of Archive & Schools.
A daughter, Elsie Navarrete, born in the Ring B infirmary to Josefina Navarrete and Gunnar Sandvik. Mother and child are well.
Josefina Navarrete takes the hand of Gunnar Sandvik before the assembled watch. I witness, as I witness everything.